For the initial rating period on appeal from October 22, 2012, a rating of 50 percent for a psychiatric disorder (other than PTSD) is granted. Compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a low back disability and right eye posterior vitreous detachment is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psychiatric disorder meets the criteria for a 50% rating, but there is no current diagnosis of a low back disability or causation by VA treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- Psychiatric Disorder, Low Back Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20030470
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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